Miriam Margolyes
Known for Acting · 213 credits
- Born
- 1941-05-18 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
- Also known as
- Miriam Margolyes, OBE
Biography
Miriam Margolyes (born May 18, 1941) is a British-Australian actress, writer, political activist and television personality, most prominent as a character actor on stage and screen. Her earliest roles were in theatre and, following a transition to film and television, she won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Age of Innocence (1993).
Known For
TV Shows (80)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Family Guy
1999
as Right Eyeball (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
American Dad!
2005
as Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)
Call the Midwife
2012
as Mother Mildred
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Rugrats
1991
as Shirley Finster (voice)
Play for Today
1970
as Veronica
Wogan
1982
as Self
Merlin
2008
as Grunhilda
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Mrs. Price-Ridley
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mary Burge
Omnibus
1967
Q&A
2008
as Self - Panellist
Blackadder
1983
as Lady Whiteadder / Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Kathie
Screen Two
1985
as Nellie
Theatre 625
1964
as Rita
Dharma & Greg
1997
as Chloe
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Apple & Onion
2018
as Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
as Aunt Prudence
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
as Leaf Blathereen (voice)
Angels
1975
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Monkey
1978
as Narator / Demon (voice)
Kingdom
2007
as Henny Leach
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
2015
as Self
Trollied
2011
Plebs
2013
as Iona
The Play on One
1988
as Laughter (voice)
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Anna Vyrubova
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
as Joyce Midge / Mrs. Joyce Midge
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
as Self
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016
as Self
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
as Elsa Maxwell
Dog Squad
2022
as Sylvie (voice)
Big Muzzy
1987
as The Queen (voice)
Magic Grandad
1993
as Grandma
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017
as Self
Vanity Fair
1998
as Miss Crawley
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010
Oliver Twist
1985
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
2021
as Self
A Kick Up the Eighties
1981
A Little Princess
1987
as Miss Amelia Minchin
Freud
1984
as Baroness von Lieben
The Project
2009
Dickens
2002
as Catherine Dickens
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986
as Nurse Hopkins
Supply and Demand
1998
as CS Edna Colley
The History Man
1981
as Melissa Tordoroff
Badjelly
2025
as Badjelly (voice)
Bucket
2017
as Mim
The Real Marigold on Tour
2016
as Self - Host
Dickens in America
2005
as Host
Frannie's Turn
1992
as Frannie Escobar
The Real Marigold Hotel
2016
as Self
Plays for Britain
1976
as Miriam / Miss Babberton
Movies (133)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Pomona Sprout
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Pomona Sprout
Mulan
1998
as The Matchmaker (voice)
Flushed Away
2006
as Rita's Grandma (voice)
Magnolia
1999
as Faye Barringer (uncredited)
Babe
1995
as Fly (voice)
Romeo + Juliet
1996
as Nurse
Happy Feet
2006
as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
End of Days
1999
as Mabel
Cats & Dogs
2001
as Sophie the Castle Maid
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
Little Shop of Horrors
1986
as Dental Nurse
Early Man
2018
as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
Balto
1995
as Grandma Rosy
James and the Giant Peach
1996
as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
The Age of Innocence
1993
as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
as Fly (voice)
The Guilt Trip
2012
as Anita
Pacific Heights
1990
as Realtor
Reds
1981
as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
Immortal Beloved
1994
as Nanette Streicherová
Sunshine
1999
as Rose Sonnenschein
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as Mrs. Kowalski
Dead Again
1991
as Hypnotism Patient
I Love You to Death
1990
as Joey's Mother
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
as Mrs. Fisk
Holy Days
2026
as Sister Luke
Maya the Bee Movie
2014
as Queen (voice)
Electric Dreams
1984
as Ticket Girl
Chasing Liberty
2004
as Maria
The Butcher's Wife
1991
as Gina
Undertaking Betty
2002
as Thelma & Selma
The Little Vampire 3D
2017
as Wulftrud (voice)
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
Being Julia
2004
as Dolly de Vries
Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Dorcas
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Narrator (voice)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
as Peg Sellers
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020
as Prudence Stanley
On the Game
1974
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Apple
1980
as Landlady
Yentl
1983
as Sarah
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
as Mrs. Beetle
Little Dorrit
1987
as Flora Finching
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
as Self
Stalin
1992
as Krupskaya
Sir Billi
2012
as Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
as Mabel Chilton
Modigliani
2004
as Gertrude Stein
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Mrs. Rajzman
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
1977
as Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
The Awakening
1980
as Dr. Kadira
Wallis & Edward
2005
as Aunt Bessie
The Fool
1990
as Mrs. Bowring
My Happy Ending
2023
as Judy
The Good Father
1985
as Jane Powell
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017
as Herself
The Long Way Home
1997
as (voice)
Liberation
1994
as Narrator
Different for Girls
1996
as Pamela
Body Contact
1987
as Tony's Mother
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
as Signora Caldoni
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016
as Self
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
as Mummy Socks (voice)
Morons from Outer Space
1985
as Doctor Wallace
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Queen Victoria
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
as Self
Mog's Christmas
2023
as Aunt One (voice)
Scrubbers
1982
as Jones
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
as Self
The Wedding Video
2012
as Patricia
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
as Self
As You Like It
1992
as Audrey
Left Luggage
1998
as Mrs. Goldman
In Search of Peace
2001
as Ester Cailingold (voice)
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022
as Self
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025
We Are Most Amused
2008
as Self
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023
as The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
Alone
2002
as Caseworker
The Legend of Longwood
2014
as Lady Thyrza
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
as Narrator
The Dukes
2007
as Aunt Vee
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024
as Narrator (voice)
A Closed Book
2012
as Mrs. Kilbride
The First Snow of Winter
1998
as Sean McDuck (voice)
House!
2000
as Auntie Beth
How To Make It In Comedy
2024
The Battle of Billy's Pond
1976
as Tour Guide
Old Flames
1990
as Nellie
The Seventeenth Kind
2014
as Mrs. Mark
A Friend of Dorothy
2025
as Dorothy
Unexplained Laughter
1989
as Laughter (voice)
Demonella
1993
as Mother
Orpheus Descending
1990
as Vee Talbot
H Is for Happiness
2021
as Miss Bamford
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990
as Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022
as Self
Next to You
2023
as Granny Vera
Angels in the Asylum
A Nice Girl Like Me
1969
as Pensione
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977
as Veronica
Outlier
2014
as Odamee Marshall
Echoes That Remain
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977
as Elephant Ethel
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
2012
as Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
1983
as Narrator (voice)
The IMAX Nutcracker
1997
as Sugar Plum
Crystal Gazing
1982
as Newsreader
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
Postcards from the 48%
2018
The Lifeswappers
1976
as Miriam/Miss Babberton
The Last Artifact
2020
as Narrator (UK version)
The Ha-Ha
1969
as Kathie
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986
as Miss N. Shortt
About Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes (born May 18, 1941) is a British-Australian actress, writer, political activist and television personality, most prominent as a character actor on stage and screen. Her earliest roles were in theatre and, following a transition to film and television, she won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Age of Innocence (1993). With 213 credits spanning from 1962 to 2026, Miriam Margolyes has appeared in 133 films and 80 TV shows.
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Most Popular Miriam Margolyes Movies
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) — as Pomona Sprout
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — as Pomona Sprout
- Mulan (1998) — as The Matchmaker (voice)
- Flushed Away (2006) — as Rita's Grandma (voice)
- Magnolia (1999) — as Faye Barringer (uncredited)
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